Tag: Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly to remain CAB President

On Friday, however, Susanta Ranjan Upadhaya issued a clarification on the lines of the Supreme Court directive that only office bearers will be considered while deciding the eligibility for contesting the elections.

September 22, 2019

Sourav Ganguly inaugurates cricket-themed restaurant in Kolkata

The massive collection of cricket memorabilia has been collected by Moin Bin Moksud, who has worked with several IPL franchises.

September 20, 2019

Sourav Ganguly bats for Rohit Sharma as Test opener

Speaking on the poor show by Jason Holder-led West Indes side in the series, where they were whitewashed 0-2, Ganguly said the hosts lacked application.

September 5, 2019

Captaincy just a ‘c’ in front of your name: Virat Kohli

India's win in the second Test came in the second session on the fourth day after the West Indies were bundled out for 210 in their chase of 468.

September 3, 2019

Virat Kohli becomes India’s most successful Test captain

Monday's win at the Sabina Park took Kohli's number of Test victories as captain to 28 -- the most by any Indian captain. In the 48 Tests under Kohli, India have lost 10 games and drawn another 10.

September 3, 2019

Indian cricket will have to get used to fact that Dhoni won’t be playing forever: Sourav Ganguly

MS Dhoni is widely regarded as one of the greatest finishers that limited-overs cricket has ever seen. However, at this stage of his career, Ganguly said that MS should try and evaluate where he stands and then take a call accordingly.

August 27, 2019

Virat Kohli equals MS Dhoni’s record, surpasses Sourav Ganguly’s tally

The win has made Virat Kohli the joint-most successful captain for India along with MS Dhoni who had retired from Test Match cricket in 2014.

August 26, 2019

Ganguly says conflict of interest rule has to be practical, cites Ponting’s example

Along with Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, Ganguly has been at the receiving end of conflict of interest notices for being the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president as well as the mentor of IPL franchise Delhi Capitals.

August 23, 2019

Let Rohit Sharma open innings in Tests: Sourav Ganguly suggests Virat Kohli

Ganguly feels that it is important to let Rohit carry forward his good form that saw the batsman rule the roost during the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales.

August 22, 2019

Ashes has kept Test cricket alive: Sourav Ganguly

With a 1-0 lead for the visitors, Australia and England will now lock horns in the third Test beginning Thursday at Headingley, Leeds.

August 19, 2019

Kohli not willing to show restraint just because he is captain

On Sunday, Kohli brought up his 42nd ODI hundred and in the process went past former skipper Sourav Ganguly's tally of 11,363 runs in the list of leading run-getters in ODI cricket.

August 12, 2019

What a player: Sourav Ganguly calls Virat Kohli

Kohli scored 120 runs off 125 balls as he went past skipper Sourav Ganguly tally of 11,363 runs in the list of leading run-getters in ODI cricket.

August 12, 2019

Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh slam BCCI over Rahul Dravid’s conflict notice

Notably, Dravid has been sent a notice by BCCI Ethics Officer DK Jain after the latter received a complaint from Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) life member Sanjeev Gupta.

August 7, 2019

I want to become India coach one day: Sourav Ganguly

Ganguly, besides being the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president is with the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and also does regular commentary.

August 2, 2019

Virat Kohli has right to give opinion on coach selection: Sourav Ganguly

Notably, Ganguly was part of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) which picked Shastri as the head coach in 2017. The other members were Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman.

August 1, 2019

CAB will become fully Lodha compliant: Sourav Ganguly

The CAB currently has 121 members with voting rights and has more than 15 former international men's and women's cricketers.

August 1, 2019

Vinod Kambli disagrees with Sourav Ganguly on Team India selection process

Kambli feels that horses for courses should be the priority and the best players should be picked for a given format.

July 28, 2019